Washbench



(;No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 17 J. H. OOLSON.

WASHBENGH.

No. 550,821. Patented Dec. 8, 1895.

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WASHBENGH.

aizgz Patented Dec. 3, 1895.

IJNTTED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOSEPH II. OOLSON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

WASHBENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 550,821, datedDecember 3, 1895.

Application filed February 12, 1895. Serial No. 538,069. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH I-I. GoLsoN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and Stateof WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in\Vashbenches, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combinedwashbenches and wringer-supports, of which the following is a clear,full, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to produce a washbench andwringer-support which can be folded to occupy a comparatively smallspace.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to so arrange the parts thatthey will be automatically held when in their folded position, thuspreventing the parts from falling open.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, tobe hereinafter more fully described and specifically claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, wherein likenumerals denote corresponding parts in the views, in which Figure 1 is aview in side elevation of my improved bench, and Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thebench.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the central standards having suitable bases2, to which they are firmly secured. The bench proper is arranged 'oneither side of the standards, and consist of duplicate pairs of siderails 3, pivoted to the standards at 4, and to the said rails the legs 6are pivoted at each corner by means of transverse bars 5. The bottombraces 7 one on either side, are pivoted to the cross-bars 7 7 whichjoin the bases and the legs, respectively. The said braces 7 are anranged about centrally of the cross-bars and are provided withlongitudinal slots 9, in which the bolts 10 of the braces 11 travel.

These braces 11 are diagonally disposed be tween the upper cross-bar andthe lower brace and have their ends curved and bifurcated at 12 to fitover the brace '7, as will be apparent.

The wrin er-su ort 13 is secured at the e PP top of the stand and servesas a top brace. The water-shedding device 14 is pivoted to the standardsat either end and is held in the adjusted position by a button 15,(shown in full lines, Fig. 2, while in dotted lines the 0pposite edge isshown elevatedg) but as this forms no part of my invention detailedillustration is thought unnecessary.

By means of the construction shown and described it will be seen thatwhen the bench is down, as shown on one side of Fig. 1, it is perfectlybraced and will stand great strain, while the bench in its foldedposition is automatically held by reason of the peculiar form andarrangement of the braces as the transverse bars 7 and 10 pass the lineof the transverse bars 5 and 7 When the ends are folded thus, the benchcan be moved without fear of the ends falling apart. In fact, they canbe extended onlyby a direct horizontal pull. The curve in the diagonalbrace 11, it will be seen, allows the cross-bars 7 to pass further intoward the standards than it could when an ordinary straight brace isused.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A washing bench consisting of a folding frame composed of horizontalsections which are formed by side bars pivoted to the standards, legs atthe end of the side bars connected by transverse bars at the top andbottom, a

bottom brace having a slot-way and a diagonal brace having a curvedlower end which is bifurcated to fit over the slotted brace, and havinga pin extending through the end and working in the slot, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH ll. COLSON. NVitnesses:

D. W. LEET, J. R. NUZURN.

